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- PURGE
-
- Deletes all the messages in the WASTEBASKET folder. When you EXIT from MAIL or
- enter a SET FILE command (to select a new mail file), an implicit PURGE is done
- to empty the WASTEBASKET folder. See also <EXIT>
-
- Purged message space is not available for reuse by VAX-11 Record Management
- Services (RMS) until you enter the PURGE/RECLAIM command. An automatic
- PURGE/RECLAIM is done when the amount of deleted space in a mail file exceeds
- 32767 bytes. (MAIL uses the CONVERT/RECLAIM Utility to reclaim space.)
-
- Format: PURGE
-
-
- Qualifiers: /RECLAIM
-
- Releases deleted message space back to VAX-11 Record Management
- Services (RMS) for reuse. Because your mail file is locked
- while PURGE/RECLAIM is running, you are unable to receive new
- mail. Users attempting to send you mail while PURGE/RECLAIM is
- running receive an error message indicating that their message
- was not sent successfully.
-
- /STATISTICS
-
- Indicates the amount of released deleted message space in a
- short statistics display when you use it with PURGE/RECLAIM.
-
- Examples:
-
- 1.
- MAIL> PURGE/RECLAIM
-
- MAIL>
-
- This example shows how to enter the PURGE/RECLAIM command
- to delete all the messages in the WASTEBASKET folder and
- release the deleted message space back to VAX-11 Record
- Management Services (RMS) for reuse.
- 2.
- MAIL> PURGE/RECLAIM/STATISTICS
-
- Reclaim Statistics:
- Messages deleted: 12
- Data buckets scanned: 1
- Data buckets reclaimed: 0
- Index buckets reclaimed: 0
- Total buckets reclaimed: 0
-
- MAIL>
-
- This example shows the kind of information that the
- /STATISTICS qualifier displays about the reclaimed deleted
- message space.